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List:       squirrelmail-stable
Subject:    Re: [SM-STABLE] Newbie Help
From:       Jonathan Angliss <ja () certiflexdimension ! com>
Date:       2003-02-13 22:10:29
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Hello Anthony,
On Thursday, February 13, 2003, Anthony M Sheetz wrote...

> We are considering using SquirrelMail for production use, but before
> plunging in and trying it out, I wanted to get two questions
> answered.

> 1.Has anyone created a bootable SquirrelMail cd? That is, throw it
> in a properly configured PC, boot and go. I figure the odds are
> slim, and of course prep work and configuration ahead of time to
> create the CD would be required, but it seems a reasonable thing to
> be able to do.

SquirrelMail is a PHP based web application. It requires no compiling,
and no making of files. The only thing you have to do is make sure it
points to a working IMAP server. To run it, you'd need a PHP
supporting http server (such as Apache, IIS, etc), PHP installed, and
access to an IMAP server. An SMTP server is optional, but only if you
don't want to send mail ;)

> 2. What distribution of Linux would be easiest to use with
> SquirrelMail? I'm familiar with most of the major distros, I'm just
> hoping for some advice on which will give shortest time to
> usability. (yes I know OS X server comes with it already installed).

  Installing from tar.gz on any linux distribution I've used has taken
  me 5 minutes at the most. Those machines had PHP and Apache on
  however. If you need to build those, it'll probably take you 30 mins
  instead.

-- 
Jonathan Angliss
(ja@certiflexdimension.com)



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